Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: May 26, 2015
From barnesandnoble.com: A
romantic page-turner propelled by the sixty-year secret that has shaped
two families, four lovers, and one seaside resort community.
Set against dramatic Mediterranean Sea views and lush olive groves, The Rocks
opens with a confrontation and a secret: What was the mysterious,
catastrophic event that drove two honeymooners apart so suddenly and
absolutely in 1948 that they never spoke again despite living on the
same island for sixty more years? And how did their history shape the
Romeo and Juliet–like romance of their (unrelated) children decades
later? Centered around a popular seaside resort club and its community,
The Rocks is a double love story that begins with a mystery, then moves
backward in time, era by era, to unravel what really happened decades
earlier.
Peter Nichols writes with a
pervading, soulful wisdom and self-knowing humor, and captures perfectly
this world of glamorous, complicated, misbehaving types with all their
sophisticated flaws and genuine longing. The result is a bittersweet,
intelligent, and romantic novel about how powerful the perceived truth
can be—as a bond, and as a barrier—even if it’s not really the whole
story; and how one misunderstanding can echo irreparably through
decades.
Which book are you waiting for?
...Will you add this one to your list of must-reads?
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